Built for Catering
Large orders, managed at scale
Accept catering orders through your storefront or REST API. Advance scheduling up to 30 days, multi-item orders with special instructions, inventory tracking, and business intelligence — built for catering businesses on Shopify.
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Complex large-order coordination
Catering orders have multiple items, special instructions, and specific delivery times. Managing this through email or phone calls leads to missed details and fulfillment errors.
Advance scheduling logistics
Catering orders are placed days or weeks ahead. Without structured scheduling, you overbook capacity or miss windows that could have been filled.
No integration with existing systems
Your POS, delivery service, or corporate ordering portal cannot connect to your Shopify store. Manual re-entry wastes time and introduces errors.
Everything your catering business needs
Public REST API
Nine versioned endpoints for programmatic access to meals, categories, menus, and orders. API key authentication with SHA-256 hashing and per-key rate limiting at 1,000 requests per hour.
- Meals, categories, and menus read endpoints
- Order creation, listing, detail, and status update
- API key management with create, list, and revoke
- Rate limited at 1,000 requests per hour per key
Advanced Scheduling
Accept orders up to 30 days in advance with configurable time slots. Operating hours set per day of the week with prep time buffers ensuring only fulfillable time slots are offered.
- Advance booking up to 30 days ahead
- Configurable slot duration (15 to 120 minutes)
- Per-day operating hours with day-of-week control
- Prep time buffers prevent unfulfillable orders
Order Management
Multi-item orders with per-item customization and special instructions. Inventory tracking per option with automatic depletion on order and restoration on cancellation.
- Multi-item orders with full customization per item
- Per-item special instructions for kitchen clarity
- Inventory tracking with automatic depletion and restoration
- Order numbering with unique prefixed sequences
Business Intelligence
Profitability analysis per meal using cost-per-unit data. Ingredient usage tracking, conversion funnel analysis, and daily activity trends help optimize your menu and operations.
- Revenue, cost, and gross margin per meal
- Ingredient usage frequency and cost tracking
- Conversion funnel: views to customizations to orders
- Daily activity trends over 30-day windows
Multi-Location Management
Manage menus, meals, and orders across multiple locations. Location-aware analytics show performance per site. Enterprise tier supports unlimited locations.
- Location-specific menus and meal availability
- Per-location order routing and kitchen display
- Location-aware analytics and reporting
- Up to 3 locations on Professional, unlimited on Enterprise
Webhook Subscriptions
Receive real-time order events via HMAC-signed webhooks. Integrate with your CRM, inventory system, or custom workflow. Up to 10 subscriptions with automatic retry and failure handling.
- HMAC-SHA256 signed payloads for security
- Exponential backoff retry (1min, 10min, 1hr)
- Event delivery logs in the admin dashboard
- Auto-disable after 10 consecutive failures
Up and running in three steps
Configure menus and scheduling windows
Create your catering menus with meal options, set operating hours and advance booking windows, and generate API keys for any system integrations you need.
Accept orders via storefront or API
Customers order through your Shopify storefront with time slot selection. Corporate clients and delivery platforms integrate via your REST API for automated ordering.
Track fulfillment and analyze profitability
Use the kitchen display for order fulfillment. Review profitability per meal, ingredient usage, and conversion metrics to optimize your catering menu and pricing.
“The API let us connect our corporate ordering portal directly to FoodFlex. Advance scheduling up to 30 days out is exactly what catering needs.”
Recommended Plan
Enterprise
$99/month
Catering businesses benefit most from the Enterprise plan with API access, analytics, and unlimited meals for large menus.
- Public REST API with 9 endpoints (Enterprise)
- Profitability analysis and business intelligence (Enterprise)
- Unlimited meals, option groups, and menus
- Dedicated support for integration assistance
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